Garment hanger



Nov. 16, 1943. A. YOUNG GARMENT HANGER Filed May 5, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. BY [eoncirc/ 44. Y U/27 c/19PM ATTORNEYS.

Nov. 16, 1943. .L. A. YOUNG 2,334,370

GARMENT HANGER Filed May 5, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

Lao/70rd A. YOU/7 BY Mqfl M ATTORNEYS:

'Pate nted Nov. 16, 1943 .SIIT iITES PATENT OFFICE i dessert r i J .e eua imeee a Leonard nrvoung; Detroit,-'-lvlich. 7 iii-arisen my. amen-s rial No. 391,935

jioianiis. (C1.22 ia3 j {L'his inventionrelates; to,iJhPrQVementSLingar- :m n hans r v vThexmain objects ofthis invention are: I i First, to provide.; a; garmentaihanger Which; is

. of' extremely simpleand inexpensive: construction. qyetg'whiCh; is characterized by substantialstrength .an srueee ne I l second toprovide a garment hanger of-the :type

described including .1 a garment; supporting-Woke which is fabricated in its entirety ,ofzfolidably -y1aminated, suitably conformed and. compressed paperstocksuitably formedto impart thereto a ,highdegreev of strength and-resistance: toz-bending or distortion. i i

' Qbjects relating-todetails and economies ofithe i yention-wih appear; fromzzthe: description to-iollow. The inventionis-dcfined in;the,claims. 1

Preferred embodiments of .thezinventionzare. i1-

- lustrated-in the. accompanying drawings wherein:

iF-ig. 1 isa view in front elevation illustrating,-

, mhin fir of theinvention.

"Fig. :2 is a top plan view ofthe-same structure.

I Figs. 3 to 8, inclusive, are enlfil ediragmentary 1 views in transverse section illustrating'gsuocessive st-cps. or manipulations in the formation .of the stock of the hangeryoke, -,Fig.- .8 illustrating ,the

materialin final form 'and.being in sectionion a line'corresponding to rline 88 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is -'a view in front elevation illustrating a modified formof garment-hanger provided with a yoke and a transverse:-garmentsupportingstrut in accordance with theinvention.

Fig. 10 is a top plan view-of-the structure-shown e tree. i a r i Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentaryviewin:Sec

,tion on a line oorresponding to line I l-II of ,;Fig. 9.

.Fig; -12 is a plan view illustrating the.blank emplayed in the :formation-ofthe hanger-shown in rugs.

[.Fig. 13 isatop planflview illustrating the yoke and strut .memberfformed from the blank-of Fig. 12 prior to bending and securing ..;the. arms .thereof.

The, garment supporting hanger of :the present invention is characterized mai lypby .;the sim .plicity and economy of its construction :no-twithstanding the-remarkable strength and resistance to distortion or bending ofthe garmenhsupporting yoke or arms'thereof; Referring 170 Fig; 1 59f the drawings the referencegnumeral :ll indi- .-.cates the hanger which consists of aidovvnwardly .-;cui-v.ed garment supporting yoke 2 and asu-pporting hook ;-operatively.attaohed theretor Jlhe yoke ;2 is conforrned oimayweb onlength;

--of f-folded: paper-stock of the cross-section shown in? Fig. 3', which cross-section results from manipwulatingian elongatedasheet of paperstock' of: a

edges ,thereof are first: bent mpwardly at a right another and pressedinto'contaet withi-the 'center ofathe 'blank. forming the 'two-plystrip' l I illus- ..be;:impregnated with a suitable adhesive or other :settingrm-aterial to. increase the stiffness 10f t-he tfinalrprodu'cti i v ,u'From-the position illustratedinFig. thecfolded ysheet 'iszagain folded and pressed along its center 1 line: through l'80-to the quadruple-ply condition tratedin Fig. 4. If desired thelpaper'stock may illustrated in Fig. 5 and designated 42, and folslowing this :the. quadruple-laminated :outline is 'hentinto Uashape; ire, from the dotted line-position ofiFig.ifi'tovthe solid line position; its being *nnderstoo-dwthat :these operations described ware .f'preferably successively and continuously per- :formed in a-single pass through 'an appropriate rdie conformed at various points to impartthe suc- "cessive' cross-section" described. The .partially formed UJ-"shaped" article then has thedownward- 1y extending'legs' iil thereof offset inwardly and downwardly at a right angle along lines t iwspaced 'fmmthe sideedges thereof to produce thekey- .shapedoutline shownshown insolid lines in Fig. Tyrand" as "a' final' stepthe uppe'rw-surface is squeezedrdownward on these offsets to crimp said legsinwardly 'and upwardly and compress the cross=section vertically, resulting vin the 'F-shaped configuration or outline shown in Fig. 8. This leaves a rounded top garment surface'or flange of substantialareaya bottom vertical web or rib 48 which hassubstantial stifiness by reason of the -8-plyconstructionthereofi so as'to reinforce the "be "described. 1

- or bill 9. The upper surface 41, of the yoke stock xi'sperforated at H] and the curved bill of-the jaw introduced therethrough into thehollow in-- terior of they yoke, followingwhichthe hookis pcsal thereof 1 does not involve :i 1.: Agar-ment hanger comprising a bowedmul- I tiply paper yoke of transversely flattened section and having a central longitudinal bottom rib, and

shoved lengthwise of the jaw 8 for frictional gripping and embedding engagement of the latter with the upper flange portion of the hanger yoke. This'is a simple and effective means enabling the yoke and hook to be quickly and conveniently. associated in firm, displacement resisting relation to one another.

It will be noted that the bottom rib 46 of the yoke hasindentations 9! formed therein in order to produce the desired'curved outline of the yoke. These-do not detract from the resistance to bending of the latter.

In Figs. 9 and I illustrate a modified form of hanger fabricated of the laminated folder pa- In this "formtheper stock described' above.

hanger yoke has a pair of outwardly and downwardly divergent arms H and a transverse'horizontal garment supporting strut l2 integral with the arms. The free ends of the arms are gripped at the apex of the hanger by a clamping loop l3 on the hook [4 so as .to hold the structure in assembled or erectedpositiom It will be noted that in the embodiment of Fig. 9 the rib or-web on both the arms H and theyoke i2 is disposed beneath the upper or flange portion thereof, the

latter affording a smooth supporting surface of substantial area an'd the rib or web strongly reinforci'ng. the arms and1yoke.against bending. In order to accomplish this the original blank .16 for the folded stockisiformed in the manner illustrated-in Fig. 12, with the pairs of opposed notches Io'r recesses l I locatedtherein at the areas at which 1 the arms I! are to join struts !2. L The procedure of foldingthe blank to its final cross-section is performed as illustrated in Figs 3 to 8', andv it will be appreciated thatfollowing this treatment the. portions .of the stock adjacent-the recesses Care should be taken that prior to the bending assembly the ribs !5 on the arms II extend oppositely from those "on'the strut l2 as illustrated in Fig. 13,'so as to insure that the ribs-or webs will be disposed beneath'all the garment supporting surfaces, both arms and strut, .in the final disposition of the "arms.

' The. above constructions are both characterized by simplicity and economy in materials and 'L 'they maybe produced in quantity at negligible 'cost. Notwithstanding. this the hangers have ample strengthfor their intended-purpose and maybe used time-and time again; however, diswaste of money.

'I have illustrated and described my improve- ..ments .in embodimentswhich I have found very practical.

' in the art to embody or adapt my improvements as may be desired;

Havingthusdescribed my invention,.what I claimas new :and desire to secure byiLetters Patformed 'of a strip 'of inulti-folded paper-stock;

any appreciable i stituting the said longitudinal rib, and a wire suspending hook having a shank terminating in a yoke engaging loop having an elongated free arm, said yoke having an opening at the top thereof receiving said elongated arm, the loop clampingly engagingthe top wall of the yoke.

2. A garmenthanger comprising-a bowed multiply paper yoke of transversely flattened section and having a central longitudinal bottom rib, and

formed of a strip of multi-folded paper stock, the plies of which are adhesively secured together, the multiplystrip being conformed into the flattened section with angularly disposed edge portions thereof disposed side by side and constituting the said longitudinal rib, and a suspending hook for said yoke.

3. A garment. hanger comprising a yoke of I transversely flattened section and having a longitudinal bottom rib, said yoke being formed of 'a multiply strip of fibrous stock, the-plies of which areadhesively secured together, the multiply strip'being conformed into the flattened section with rounded top and sides with angularly disposed abutting edge portions constituting the said longitudinal rib, and asuspending hook for said yoke. A

J 4. Agarment hanger comprising a'p'aper yoke of transversely flattened section and having a longitudinal bottom ribjand formed of a fibrous strip conformed into the flattenedsection with singularly-shaped edge portions-thereof disposed side by side in abutting relation and constituting the said'longitudinal ribfand a suspending 'hook for said yoke.

5. A garment hanger'of the type described and a hook, and garment supporting arms secured to said hook, said armsbeing fabricated of a plurality of superposed laminae of a single longitudinally folded strip of paper stock, said laminae'b'eing conformed to a generally T-section having a transverse flange and a vertical rib disposed downwardly beneath the'transverse flange, said fiangeand rib eachincluding multiplelaminae, the laminae at the top and bottom of said flangeand'the sides of said rib beingsubstantially compressed to meeting and reinforcing en- 'gagement with one another. 1

6. A garment hanger of the type described and a hook, and garment supporting arms secured to said hook, said arms being fabricated of a plurality of superposed laminae of paper stockcon formed to agene'rally T-section having a transverse flange and a vertical rib disposed downwardly beneath the transverse flange; saidflange and rib each including multiple laminae, the laminae at the top and bottom of said flange and the sides of said rib being substantially compressed to meeting and reinforcing engagement with one another;

7. A garment hanger comprising a bowed yoke formed of a web of paper folded parallel to its length'a'plurality of times to'provide alaminated multiply strip, said strip being conformed to a tubular cross section providing a tubular garment supporting surface of substantial width and a downwardly projecting reinforcing rib of double the number of plies as the body portion, and a hook provided with a shank having a terminal engaging internally of said yoke, the yoke having an opening receiving said terminal.

8. A garment hanger comprising a yoke formed of a web of paper folded on itself parallel to its length a plurality of times to provide a laminated multiply strip, said strip being conformed to a flattened cross section providing a garment supporting body portion of substantial width and a downwardly projecting reinforcing rib of double the number of plies as the body portion, and a hook provided with a shank having a terminal engaging internally of said yoke, the yoke having an opening to receive said terminal.

9. A garment hanger comprising a yoke formed of a web of paper folded on itself parallel to its length a plurality of times to provide a laminated multiply strip, said strip being conformed to a flattened cross section providing a compact, substantially solid garment supporting body portion of substantial width and a downwardly projecting substantially solid reinforcing rib of double the number of plies as the body portion, and a suspending hook secured to said v yoke.

10. A garment hanger having downwardly divergent garment supporting arms fabricated of a sheet of paper stock folded on itself a plurality of times, the outer edges of said stock being bent at an angle to the centralportion and crimped inwardly and compressed relative to the central portion to provide a substantially solid horizon tal flange and bottom reinforcing rib, the rib being disposed downwardly and beneath the horizontal flange to substantially reinforce the latter, said flange providing a garment supporting surface of substantial area.

11. A garment hanger having downwardly divergent garment supporting arms fabricated of a plurality of plies of paper stock, the outer edges of said stock being bent at an angle to the central portion and crimped inwardly and compressed relative to the central portion to provide a substantially solid horizontal flange and bottom reinforcing rib, the rib being disposed downwardly and beneath the horizontal flange to substantially reinforce the latter, said flange providing a garment supporting surface of substantial area.

LEONARD A. YOUNG. 

